pejorative
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Definition of pejorative
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
“These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases.”
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adj
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Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
“These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases.”
noun
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A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
““Get away from me, freak.” “Actually, my designation is Logic-y. I take issue with the pejorative when I am simply a product of your self-inflicted bifurcation.””
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Etymology
From Late Latin peiōrātus (“worsened”, past participle of peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
Words you can make from pejorative
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4-letter words
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